Christian,
On Nov 28, 2005, at 6:57 PM, Christian Montoya wrote:
> On 11/28/05, Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Quoted from Christian Montoya:
>>> but considering that few users ever resize their text (as in nobody),
>>> most visitors would never even notice the difference.
>>
>> I agree with you when regular crt displays are used, but things will
>> change. People buy tft screens, with native 1280x1024 resolutions.
>> Running in a lower resolution gives a distorted image so a lot will
>> keep it at 1280.
>
> I'm curious about this... I figured most users would decrease their
> resolution rather than increase their text size... is there any more
> input on this?
There are many reasons for users to keep their screen at a higher
resolution and upsize the text to make it more readable, even when
using a crt.
1. The usual: I need as much screen real estate as possible for the
many windows that breed like rabbits when I do development and browser
testing.
2. People share computers, and don't want to reset the resolution.
3. Sometimes multiple people will be working off the same screen, such
as pair programming or small group web site review.
4. The minimum size of text for comfortable reading varies depending
on room lighting and visual clutter on the page (as well as other stuff
I'm not thinking of).
In general, I don't need to change test size on sites that respect the
browser default text size. But, far too large a number of sites set
the starting font size at 76%, or 12px and I usually have to resize
text to make it readable. Being able to change text size via the
keyboard has been a huge productivity enhancement for me.
Nothing authoritative, just my own usage patterns as data points...
Roger,
Roger Roelofs
"Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction,
God allows U-turns!"
~Allison Gappa Bottke
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